The distinctive benefits of glazing The social and economic contributions of glazed areas to sustainability in the built environment The distinctive benefits of glazing – At a time when focus on sustainable building design is growing, Glass for Europe firmly believes that policy-makers and architects need to be aware of the socio-economic aspects of sustainability linked
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Glass contributing to innovative, green and safe transport solutions for Europe Flat glass is an integral part of most automotive vehicles and is essential to Europe’s transport industry. Flat glass is used to make windscreens, backlights, windows and sun roofs for a wide range of automobile and transport applications, from cars to cruise ships and
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Glass for Europe statement on Status of flat glass products under the REACH regulation The REACH regulation, Regulation 1907/2006/EC on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, is the European Union’s regulatory framework on chemicals and their safe use. Among other provisions, it requires manufacturers and importers to gather information on the properties
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Report – Life Cycle Assessment of Float Glass The European flat glass industry is fully committed to developing products with the smallest environmental burden and the greatest benefits. To do so, it continuously improves the energy efficiency and environmental performance of its manufacturing activities and of its products. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provides the best
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Clarification of Tolerances on Declared Values for Radiation Properties The harmonised European Standards for the glass products incorporate as essential characteristics the ‘radiometric properties’, i.e. the light transmittance/reflectance and solar energy characteristics. The declared values for these characteristics are given without any explicit tolerances being quoted. The implicit expectation is that the tolerance taken
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Presentation of Performance Data for Insulating Glass Units According to European Standards This data sheet describes the method of presenting values of thermal transmittance (U-values) and total solar energy transmittance (g or solar factor) for insulating glass units, in particular those incorporating coated glass. Throughout this data sheet reference is made to European Standards produced
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Code of Practice for in-situ Measurement and Evaluation of the Colour of Coated Glass used in Facades This Code of Practice describes a method for allowing an objective evaluation of the colour of coated glass, as defined in EN 1096-1, when used in facades. It provides a method for measuring colour differences within the same glass
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Published standards Project reference, Title Publication date EN 17871:2024 (WI=00129265)Glass in building – Spectrophotometric characteristics of glass products – Validation procedure for calculation tool. 2024-04-10 EN 17839:2023 (WI=00129269)Glass in building – Glazing and airborne sound insulation – Validation procedure for calculation tools 2023-11-08 EN 12758:2019+A1:2023 (WI=00129277)Glass in building – Glazing and airborne
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